Chapter 42: Chapter 42 This is Sick, Mentally Ill Chapter 42: Chapter 42 This is Sick, Mentally Ill Bai Fei, the young lady, was clearly terrified, even trembling a bit, but still she stood resolutely in front of Bai Zhi.
Bai Da’s face darkened with anger, his features twisting into something loathsome, and his eyes, reddened with rage, made it seem as though Bai Zhi was his sworn enemy.
“It’s okay, cousin.”
Bai Zhi pulled Bai Fei aside, giving her a reassuring look, before turning to gaze indifferently at Bai Da, as if she hadn’t seen the terrifying look in his eyes.
It was almost as if Bai Da were a stranger to her, whether he was angry, enraged, or sad; it had nothing to do with her. In her eyes, Bai Da was nothing more than a jumping clown.
“Bai Zhi, how can you treat your brother and sister like this? Is this how I taught you?”
Bai Da’s anger had reached its peak, yet he still restrained himself, holding back the urge to lay hands on her. Children must be taught when they are disobedient, but he was still particularly furious; how could he have taught a child to be like this?
“Have you ever taught me? I don’t know about that.”
Bai Zhi lifted her head, her eyes mocking as she looked at Bai Da with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
Teaching the original owner? Had he ever said a single word of instruction? Had his gaze ever lingered on the original owner at all?
“You…” Bai Da felt that this daughter needed to be disciplined, but before he could step forward, suddenly…
“Bang”
A shoe hit him squarely on the head, and he instinctively clutched at it, really in pain.
He turned around to see, sure enough, his father, Grandpa Bai Dan, coming furiously toward him.
He glared at Bai Zhi; she was so insolent only because of her grandfather’s protection.
Furthermore, he couldn’t ignore Bai Zhi’s gaze, the mockery in it, and that almost-smiling expression; she clearly didn’t regard him as a father at all. Indeed… she was impossible to educate!
“Dad, if you keep protecting her like this, won’t she end up thinking she can do anything she wants?”
Bai Fei felt particularly angry upon hearing this. What was wrong with this uncle? Was he sick?
From the moment he arrived, he didn’t ask about the causes or consequences and immediately wanted to hit Bai Zhi, and now he spoke in such an unreasonable manner. Or in his eyes, could he only see Bai Ye and not the rest of us children?
Since Grandpa Bai Dan had arrived, Bai Fei naturally wasn’t afraid, especially with so many reinforcements behind her.
Bai Fei’s father arrived almost in the blink of an eye from a far distance, running over and taking Bai Fei’s hand as he began to shout.
“My dear girl, what’s wrong? Has someone been bullying you? Daddy will take care of it.”
He turned around and, seeing Bai Da’s fierce and malicious demeanor, he exploded.
Bai Fei’s father, Bai Guang, was tall and imposing. Just by standing there, he conveyed several words.
“Do not mess with me!”
He doted on his only daughter tremendously, perfectly embodying the idea that a son is just a blade of grass, but a daughter is a treasure. In his eyes, his daughter was always the best and could do whatever she wished.
So now, seeing his darling girl frightened, this just wouldn’t do; he glared directly at Bai Da.
“Bai Da, as her uncle, are you bullying my daughter now? What’s this, shall we clear the air with a fight?”
No matter who it was, anyone who bullied his daughter had to be beaten into a pig’s head.
I forgot to say, Bai Guang used to learn boxing, though only as an amateur. But that alone was enough to scare everyone, wasn’t it?
After all, with his physique and having trained… Bai Da frowned. Why couldn’t his cousin be reasonable?
“Big brother, I didn’t mean to bully Feifei, I just wanted to teach Bai Zhi a lesson.”
Other people’s daughters, no matter how much he may disapprove of them, he wouldn’t say anything. However, this girl Feifei, she was quite sharp-tongued. Nowhere near as cute as Xixi.
“Pah, if you didn’t bully my daughter, would she be scared? I’m telling you, this isn’t over today, come on, let’s take this outside…”
Bai Guang wasn’t going to listen. He only believed what he saw and, grabbing Bai Da, was ready to head outside, with Bai Da practically being dragged along with no ability to resist…
“Daddy, wait a moment!”
It was Feifei who called Bai Guang to a halt. Upon hearing his darling daughter, he immediately stopped, and Bai Da was suddenly flung aside, nearly losing his balance…
“What’s wrong, my darling girl?”
His attitude changed dramatically in an instant, his voice becoming incredibly gentle.
“Daddy, I just want everyone to judge for themselves who is in the wrong. We were just sweeping here, and the three of them…”
Feifei pointed at Bai Ye, Bai Yu, and Xixi, a cold smile on her face.
“How dare they speak ill of Bai Zhi behind her back. They even have the nerve to say that Bai Zhi should slave away for them, work the fields, do the housework, wash their clothes, and in the end, for her to eat a lollipop is considered greedy. Ladies and gentlemen, isn’t household work something we all do together? Just look at Bai Zhi.”
Feifei pulled Bai Zhi out in front of everyone. Feifei thought she wasn’t fat, but standing next to Bai Zhi, what was a little baby fat on Feifei suddenly seemed like a chubby little girl.
Bai Zhi’s hands, pulled up by Feifei, were rough to see even under the dim light. Those large calluses were the kind that only came from heavy labor.
Everyone’s gaze shifted when they looked at Bai Da.
Having children do household chores was something everyone did. It could cultivate their abilities and help out the family, but to have his daughter do every chore and even farm work, that was just wrong!
How exhausting farm work could be, these farmers knew well enough. Just by looking at Bai Zhi’s hands, they could tell how tired she must be. A young girl, still a child, with hands more worn than the adults’—how was that acceptable?
“Bai Da, that’s just not right. Bai Zhi is so young, yet you make her work the fields? I see your two sons and this daughter of yours are all plump and healthy. You wouldn’t be treating them differently, would you?”
Wouldn’t this be foolish?
The immediate reaction in everyone’s heart was, could someone actually treat other people’s children better than their own?
That’s sick, mentally ill.
“I didn’t know, she always came back home before I returned from work, I didn’t know she was going to work.”
Bai Da suddenly felt panicked, as everyone’s gaze on him seemed to change.
It was as though they particularly looked down on him, or rather despised him.
“You didn’t know? Then how could you not know where the vegetables you eat every day come from? Are they magically growing themselves? Bai Da, I thought you were just heartless, but it turns out you’re shameless too!”
Grandpa Bai Dan couldn’t be unaware of what Xingxing’s hands looked like; only if he directly accused Bai Da of mistreating Xingxing, others would certainly misunderstand and think he was framing Bai Da. But his Xingxing was suffering!